Overhead carrier.



A. H. NELLER. OVERHEAD CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 19M.

1,200,393. Patented 0%. 3,1916.

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A H. NELLER.

OVERHEAD CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. e. 1914.

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WITNESSES A TTOR/VEY Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

UNETEDQ Parana;

ALBERT H. HELLER, OF FAIRFIELD,-IOWA .;ASSIGNORET0:,';LOUDENFMcACHINERY- COMPANY; OF FAIRFI ELD,- IOWAyA CORPORATION OEiIOWiA-i.

OVERHEAD CARRIER;

Specification of Letters Patent,

' 'Application'filed-marchs; 191.4% Serial 'Na' 823gbl2 if" To. allwltom z't "may conccrm' Be it known thatsl'; ALBERT NELLER', a

citizen; of the Unitedv 'States,=' residing at Fairfield, insthe county.of J efferson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and use.-fulIlnprovement iii-Overhead Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates-to. overhead icarriers forqconveying anddistributing feed and other material and it #COIlSlStS of animprovementuvherebyztheyreceptacle may be manu ally rotated. to the.sideto discharge the feed or othermaterial; and be held in an uprightPOSltlOIly on in tiltedipositions of difi'erent degrees. Also, of otherfeatures set forthherein and more specifically defined in the claims.

In the.- accompanyingvdrawings for1ning. -a

part ;of ZtlfllS"SP6ClfiGfllilOIl,sFlgLlT6: 1 is a :per v spective offeed carrierembodying myun- "GIItlOIlw Fig. 2 is-the same showing the.

shown broken away. A-carrier comprising a .pair of trucks connectedtogether below thetrack by a bar Bv and'lhaving wheelsspaced'apart'topass the hangers, is mounted on-the track. in the usual' manner.

C is a rectangular shaped receptacle pivotall-ya connected to a bailconsisting of two pendent portions D, connected together at their upperends to atop rail E by elbows e. The/bail isattachedtothe carriage Bbychains F, which are connected at their lower ends to clevises Gradjustably clamped to the top rail E and attheir upper ends,-to theframe of thecarrierl Bythis means the receptacle with its bailmay bemade as much longer than. the carriage as desired, and the clevises maybe adjusted on the top rail to suit the length ofthe carriage. Also, thedistance between the carriage and the top rail may .:be i adjusted byinserting i the bolts 6 whlch clampa the' clevises- 011* the rail in different :hnks of #thei chain, as shown 1 by Fig 6.: If preferred theadjustment of the Patented 0%.,3; 1916...

lengtlr; of 1 the chains 7 may "be made where i they are-connected tothe carrier frame instead. of fat fthe clevlses The receptacle 0is=connected'to'thebail by p1vot-3cast1ngs secured to each ofits-ends'near the centers thereof "and 54 having I pivot pins mounted in eyesinthe' lower endsiDk On one end of the receptacle a gear fl is attachech Itis preferablymade integral with I the: pivot roasting-s onthat end of thereceptaele,--th'e latter forming the hub of the gear."Theyi maybe made separate if desired but thevpivot casting should bedirectly inbtlre center of the gear. -Amember-' preferably' composed oftwo castings l, both-alike,

clamped I upon the pendent portion of l the bail-=atthe end havingflthegear.

and carries on' its inner end a pinion K arranged to mesh in or withthe-gear Hwhich is secured to the end of the-receptacle.

To the outstanding -end ofthe-shaft, a1- cranlo L is pivoted so aS-1t()"rotate the-shaft" and "at the same time have-acertain amount of freeoutward and inward movement.-

The outer end of the shaft is preferably forked-and the -crank ispivoted between the forks so as to have-a longand a shortend. The.long.{ end is preferably provided with. a revoluble head :or hand-hold Mfor turning the. crank; The short end mis extended outwardly andrisprovided with an inwardly projecting point adapt'edto hold one end ofacoiled spring. The outer end of'the A short shaft or axle J is mountedin this member-- shaft'J is fitted with a'lateral extension N which hasan outwardly extendingpoint to correspond with the inwardly extending:pointon the crank end m and between these I points-a coiled compressionspring S is inserted.

The castings I are provided with a series of recesses or pockets Parranged at equal distances from the opening 0 in-whic'h the shaft'J ismounted. Onthe inner side-of the long end of-the crank L and at'adistance I from the center of the shaft J to correspond with saidpockets is a tooth or spur R adapted to enterthepockets one at a time,and be held in engagement therewith by means of the spring S; as shownin-Fig. '3.

By pulling out on the crank head or handhold M the tension of the springwill be overcome and the spur R will be freed fromv the pockets and befree to rotate carrying with it the shaft J and pinion K attachedthereto.

The rotating of the pinion with the shaft and crank, all of which aresecured to the pendent portion of the bail adjacent to the gear H,(which is secured to the end of the receptacle), and, the pinionmeshingin the I in Fig. 1. Another turn of the crank in the samedirection will cause the receptacle to tilt nearly upside down andcontinued revolutions of the crank will cause it to rotate entirelyaround, which will bring it back to the-position shown in Fig. 1. Byturning the crank in the opposite direction, the re ceptacle will berotated'to the other side.

.The crank can be turned only when the head M is held out to keep thespur R clear of the pocket P. When it is not so held the spring Swillforce the spur B into one of thepockets and the pinion K will be heldagainst further rotation and the receptacle will be held in whateverposition it may occupy at the time. By this means the receptacle can beheld in any desired position, either that shown by Fig. 1, which may becalled the loaded position, or that shown by Fig. 2, which may be calleda partially dumped position, or in any other position desired by simplypulling out the head M and rotatin the crank L and then letting thespring force the spur R back into one of the pockets P. 1

The castings I are clamped upon the pendent portions D by means of boltsQ, and may be adjusted thereon to bring the pinion K into proper meshwith the gear H. It is preferable that the castings I be made exactlyalike so that they will be interchangeable. In that way if the pocketson the outer casting should become worn, the inner casting may bechanged to take its place. They are also spread apart where the opening0 is located to furnish better bearings for the shaft J. The gear H mayalso be secured to the end of the receptacle by bolts I.

An outwardly projecting spur V may be formed on the lateral projectionof the shaft J to form a stop for the short end of the crank L and thusprevent too great a pressure upon the spring S, or the points upon whichit is mounted. The end of this spur is preferably beveled to fit thecontour of the adjacent part ofthe crank L.

The entire apparatus is extremely simple and easily manipulated wherebythe receptacle may be easily rotated to either side and held in anydesired position.

The device is especially adapted to distributing feed a little at a timeas the receptacle is passed along the mangers.

What I claim as new is 1. In overhead carriers having trucks to run onan overhead track and. a bail with depending ends, a receptacle pivotedon its opposite ends to the lower ends of the bail, a gear on one end ofthe receptacle, a pinion journaled on the adjacent end of the bail toco-act with the gear on the end of the receptacle, and means to rotatethe pinion and to thereby tilt the receptacle on its pivots.

2. In overhead carriers having trucks to run on an overhead track and abail with depending ends, a receptacle pivoted on its opposite ends tothe lower ends of the bail, a gear surrounding one of the pivots and c0-acting with a pinion on the adjacent end of the bail and means to rotatethe pinion andthereby tilt the receptacle on its pivots.

4:. In overhead carriers having a supporting bail and a receptaclepivoted on its ends between the lower ends of the bail, a gear securedto one end of the receptacle, a casting secured to the adjacent portionof the bail, an axle journaled in the casting, a pinion secured to theaxle and meshing in the gear and a crank secured to the axle, whereby thgear may be rotated and the receptacle tilted on its pivots on the bail.

5. In overhead carriers having a supporting bail and a receptaclepivoted on its ends between the lower ends of the bail, a gear securedto one end of the receptacle, a casting secured to the adjacent portionof the bail and having pockets on its outer face, an axle journaled inthe casting between the pockets, a pinion secured to the axle andmeshing in the gear, a crank having a spur adapted to be moved into andout of the pockets, pivoted to the outer end of the axle so as to haveoutward and inward movement, and a spring adapted to move the crank onits pivot and hold the spur in engagement with a pocket in the casting.

6. In overhead carriers having trucks to run on an overhead track and abail with depending ends, a receptacle pivoted on its opposite ends tothe lower ends of the bail, a gear having a flange on one edge, means tosecure the flange to the end of the receptacle and surrounding one ofthe pivots, a pinion journaled on the adjacent end of the bail to co-actwith the gear, and means to rotate the pinion and to thereby tilt thereceptacle on its pivots.

7 In overhead carriers run on an overhead track and a bail withdepending ends, a receptacle pivoted on its opposite ends to the lowerends of the bail, a gear surrounding and made integral with one of thepivot pins secured to the end of the receptacle, a pinion j ournaled onthe adjacent end of the bail and co-acting with the gear, and means torotate the pinion and to thereby tilt the receptacle on its pivot.

8. In a device of the character described, an overhead carriercomprising a pair of trucks mounted on an overhead track and connectedtogether by a bar below the track, a bail having a horizontal portionand vertically depending ends, a receptacle pivoted on its ends to saiddepending ends of the bail, an adjustable clevis secured to thehorizontal portion of the bail a distance from each of the dependingends, one end of a chain connected to each of the truck frames near theends of the connecting bar, and the other ends of the chains connectedto the clevises attached to the horizontal portion of the bail.

9. In a device of the character described, an overhead carriercomprising a pair of trucks mounted on an overhead track and connectedtogether by a bar below the track, a bail having a horizontal portionand ver- Ooples of this patent may be obtained for having trucks totically depending ends, connected together by elbows, a receptaclepivoted on its ends to said depending ends of the bail, an adjustableclevis secured to the horizontal portion of the bail near each of theelbows, one end of a chain connected to each of the truck frames nearthe ends of the connecting bar, and the other ends of the chainsconnected to the clevises attached to the horizontal portion of thebail.

10. In a device of the character described, a receptacle pivotallymounted on a suitable support, a gear secured to one end of thereceptacle inside of the support, and a pinion journaled on the supportat right angles to the end of the receptacle carrying the gear andmeshing with the gear to tilt the receptacle.

11. In a device of the character described, a receptacle pivotallymounted on a suitable support, a gear secured to one end of thereceptacle inside of the support, a pinion journaled on' the support atright angles to the end of the receptacle carrying the gear, and meshingwith the gear to tilt the receptacle, and means to lock the gear andhold the receptacle against rotation in either direction.

Fairfield, Iowa, March 4, 1914.

ALBERT H. NELLER. Witnesses:

CARRIE L. BEEDLE, HENRY H. NLEMANN.-

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. 0.

